... link between the use of poetic devices and the forming of coherent meaning. The poetic devices visible in these two poems are those of figurative language, including simile, metaphor and personification, sound techniques such as alliteration and onomatopoeia, and rhyme & rhythm. These devices all contribute in their ... different forms to our establishment of meaning from the poem. Firstly, we will look at the simplest of these devices, that of figurative language. South of My Days is a profound example of the use of these in the construction of meaning. The first stanza of the poem can ...

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... poems by Owen, such as Anthem for Doomed Youth, where alliteration is cleverly integrated within the poem, coalesced with powerful adjectives and onomatopoeic language ("stuttering rifles rapid rattle"). Also within the first verse of Dulce is an emotive graphic description with elongated vowel sounds ("sludge trudge") to accentuate the tortuously slow nature of their progress across the battlefield. The complex, ... that are seen in Anthem for Doomed Youth also feature in other Wilfred Owen pieces and are particularly evident in the poem, Mental Cases with the first verse containing myst...

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... all kinds of sense perception (not just visual pictures). In a more limited application, the term describes visible objects only. But the term is perhaps most commonly used to describe figurative language, which is as a theme in literature. Many of the fictional stories and that we have read throughout this semester have contained a great deal of imagery. Simile is a direct, ... roar, growl, blip, click, whimper, and, of course, snap, crackle, and pop. Note that the connection between sound and pronunciation is sometimes rather a product of imagination and also that written language ret...

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... is found in nursery rhymes, weather saws, and so on; because, however these may have been once made in running rhythm, the terminations having dropped off by the change of language, the stresses come together and so the rhythm is sprung." (4) "It arises in common verse when reversed or counter pointed, for the same reason." Another unusual approach to his poetry ... prepares the reader for the ending of " Praise him-. The poems of Hopkins, though few in number, have caused a sensation in the world of poetry, largely due to the powerful, emotive imagery and music found within each and ev...

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